Smoke in Longmont area wafts from fires to the north

Times-Call staff

Posted:
08/30/2012 10:32:47 PM MDT

Updated:
08/31/2012 09:44:16 AM MDT

Smoke from fires in western Nebraska is drifting over Northern Colorado, according to reports. The West Ash Creek Fire, between Chadron and Crawford, Neb., and another fire have scorched an estimated 68,000 acres. Smoke that has hovered over the Longmont area also has been blamed in part on small fires near Carter Lake and a larger fire in the northwest corner of Larimer County near the Wyoming border.

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